Changes in the law for Child Car Seats

1 March 2016

The new ‘i-Size’ standard for child car seats comes into operation in Northern Ireland on the 20th April 2015

All Child Car seats are required to meet minimum EU standards . The last improvements were introduced in NI in May 2008 and covered specific car seats for children up to 3 years of age and for 3 to 12 year olds.

Whilst these standards helped improve child safety, parents and carers still make mistakes when installing child seats. The current standard also does not test for side – impact collisions which accounts for 28% of all collisions in Europe.